DONKEY: Caller Gives Social Media Users Justifying Charlie Kirk’s Death ‘Donkey of the Day’

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Breakfast Club

Episode: DONKEY: Caller Gives Social Media Users Justifying Charlie Kirk’s Death ‘Donkey of the Day’
Date: September 12, 2025
Host(s): Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy (absent in transcript), Jess Hilarious (not present in segment)
Notable Guests/Callers: Roxy Charlamagne, Anthony (Caller)

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Main Theme

This segment of The Breakfast Club centers around the show's popular "Donkey of the Day" tradition, where listeners call in to nominate individuals or groups who have displayed notably foolish or offensive behavior. Today’s episode focuses on callers nominating various people for “Donkey of the Day,” with a notable and serious discussion on the social media response to the assassination of Charlie Kirk—a conservative political commentator—especially addressing the lack of empathy and the toxic commentary seen online.

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Key Points & Segment Highlights

1. Opening the Phone Lines for “Donkey of the Day” (02:04)

• Charlamagne Tha God kicks off the Friday tradition of "People's Hee Haw," inviting listeners to nominate their own Donkey of the Day.

Memorable Quote (Charlamagne Tha God, 02:04):

"On Friday Fridays, I like to open the phone lines and allow you, the people, to give folks the credit they deserve for being stupid."

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2. Lighthearted/Personal Call-ins (02:34–06:25)

• Roxy Charlamagne attempts to connect with another listener (Jesse Baker) regarding a prior shoutout and discusses some personal drama involving her daughter and sister, alleging her daughter sold her car to her sister for $500 without permission.
• Charlamagne responds with signature humor, making light of the "crackhead" situation, but ultimately expresses empathy for her family struggles.

Notable Quotes:

• Charlamagne Tha God (05:15):
  "Let me take a step back. The car, I'm sure, is probably worth more than 500. So I guess the question I should ask is how long has your sister been on crack that she sold your car for $500?"
• Roxy Charlamagne (05:55):
  "What drug is both of them on? Because they both living together now like they live together. I had to put my daughter out like it's a mess."
• Charlamagne Tha God (06:02):
  "Well, I'm sorry that you going through this. There's a lot of people calling up here with family problems for donkey of the day today."

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3. The Main Call: Criticism of Social Media’s Response to Charlie Kirk’s Death (06:59–09:50)

Anthony from South Georgia expresses outrage at people on social media who are justifying or diminishing the tragedy of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, emphasizing that a man died in front of his family and deserves basic sympathy.

Key Discussion Points:

• Importance of empathy regardless of political differences.
• The harmful effect of social media reducing tragedies to algorithm-chasing or engagement opportunities.
• Charlamagne reflects on personal fear as a Black media personality whose public views could make him a target.

Notable Quotes with Timestamps:

• Anthony (Caller) (07:16):
  "Make it political. But at the end of the day, a man died in front of his kids and his wife. We should be giving him a little sympathy and a little bit of grace. Everybody should think of him as a person."
• Charlamagne Tha God (07:46):
  "Oh, it's okay just to shut the f up. Yeah. I think people... forget that it's okay that you don't have to share your opinion about every single thing."
• Charlamagne Tha God (08:33):
  "A lot of people just really care about being a part of the algorithm and getting as much engagement as possible. I see people literally online asking, you know, should I be sympathetic towards this? What the hell you got to ask the Internet that for?"
• Anthony (Caller) (08:52):
  "You should go from the heart. Whatever you got in your heart, that's where it comes from. So somebody died. You can have sympathies for him, just the same as someone could die in your own family."
• Charlamagne Tha God (09:03):
  "When I saw that situation, the first thing I thought about was fear. Like, literally, my God, I was afraid, okay? Because I'm a black man in America, I think about getting shot every day. And I'm a media personality who's...opinionated. And what if somebody don't like my opinion and they feel like...they want to...take me out because of my opinion?"
• Anthony (Caller) (09:26):
  "Supposed to be America, Voice of the free. You know what I mean? ... When it comes to shooting somebody for their opinion, that's where it crosses line, man. So I want to tell everybody out here, take care of yourself and keep your head on the swivel."

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4. Wrap-up and Final Thoughts (09:48–10:33)

• Charlamagne closes out the segment by reminding listeners to nominate their own "Donkey of the Day" and referencing their sponsor.

Notable Quote (Charlamagne Tha God, 09:52):

"All right. We do that every Friday. It's the People's Donkey... You can call up and give somebody the credit they deserve for being stupid..."

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Memorable Moments

• The heartfelt call from Anthony, emphasizing sympathy regardless of politics, stands out as the episode’s emotional core.
• Charlamagne sharing his fear as a Black, opinionated media figure personalizes the broader conversation about violence and public rhetoric.
• The humorous, sometimes irreverent, but genuine tone of both listeners and Charlamagne keeps the discussion lively despite serious subject matter.

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Timestamps for Major Segments

| Timestamp | Segment Description | |--------------|---------------------------| | 02:04 | People's Hee Haw/Donkey of the Day opens | | 02:34–06:25 | Roxy Charlamagne’s call about family drama | | 06:59–09:50 | Anthony calls in re: social media's reaction to Charlie Kirk's death; serious discussion | | 09:48–10:33 | Charlamagne closes the segment and invites more nominations |

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Language and Tone

The episode blends The Breakfast Club’s trademark irreverence, humor, and cultural critique with moments of seriousness and personal vulnerability. Callers and hosts alike trade jokes and personal stories, but pause to reflect deeply on the tragedy and the responsibilities of public discourse and empathy.

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Summary

This episode’s key moment comes from Anthony’s call, highlighting the inhumanity of reducing a public figure’s assassination to fodder for social media engagement and arguing for a return to basic sympathy. Charlamagne echoes these sentiments, noting his own fears as a public, opinionated person, and criticizes the growing compulsion to perform opinions online for algorithmic gain. The episode captures the intersection of humor, real-life struggles, and the urgent need for empathy in the digital era.

Transcript

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Roxy Charlamagne]

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[Enya Umanzor]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now it's your time to nominate a donkey of your own. Remember now, that is how they choose. Call in now. 800-585-1051. Yes. Donkey today for Friday, May 23rd is all about you, the people. Okay? It's the people's Hee Haw. On Friday Fridays, I like to open the phone lines and allow you, the people to give folks the credit they deserve for being stupid. So good morning. Who's this?

[Roxy Charlamagne]

This Roxy Charlamagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace. Roxy, who you want to get the biggest donkey to?

[Roxy Charlamagne]

I want to get a biggest donkey for you. But I'm gonna take the little donkey. Because when I called last week and I gave my shout out to Josie biker, I ain't gonna get him. I ain't get nobody my name.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, okay.

[Roxy Charlamagne]

This man been looking for me, and I've been looking for him, and he wants to send me a cash out. And he asked my name when you answered the call because I was pressing and I was still drunk Thursday night.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, got you, got you. Did you connect with him, though?

[Roxy Charlamagne]

No, because everybody on social media lie like they mean, so I want to give him my cash out. Dollar sign, too. T o o C man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And who this for now? Big Joe.

[Roxy Charlamagne]

You said Jesse Baker. He's been looking for me, and I've been looking for him, and we looking for each other.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, well, Jesse Baker, this is the real Roxy right here.

[Roxy Charlamagne]

Yeah. And so, yeah, I love y'. All. I'm tell y' all that every time I come. What's up, babe? I had one of your mornings last Friday. So that was my fault.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What? You was high.

[Roxy Charlamagne]

I was still drunk. Drunk as hell. I don't know if I can say that already. No, no, no, no, no. That. That's Lauren, not me. I be high.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't be drunk. Y.

[Roxy Charlamagne]

Okay, well, yeah, I had one in Lauren. Okay, got you, got you. What happened? I had one Lauren. Mummy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, well, thank you for calling, Roxy. Good morning. Who's this?

[Roxy Charlamagne]

Rosinda Love from Houston, Texas. What's up, Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace. Who you want to get a biggest he haw to?

[Roxy Charlamagne]

Hey. In just his voice. I want to give donkey of the day to these clowns. Shay and Janiyah. There are my sister and my daughter. Grown daughter. Grown daughter being ungrateful and disrespectful, and my sister just being grimy and shady. I let my daughter use a car, and I had a breakfast dinner. Breakfast brunch in, you know, shout out to the Virgos. My sister didn't come, so I'm asking, trying to text her. Hey, what's up? You coming to my brunch? Do I need to come pick you up? You know, do I need you need a ride? Because I know she don't have a car. Come to find out at the brunch, my daughter sold my car to my sister for $500.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn. What kind of garbage ass car you got?

[Roxy Charlamagne]

It still runs. It's like a good car. It's like a price of 200. Like, I literally got a new vehicle and I'm trying to look out for my daughter and my grandson. Like, hey, you need to ride to work? You know, I know she's struggling. I brought her back from Indiana. Like, I'm always helping them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hold on.

[Roxy Charlamagne]

My daughter.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let me Take a step back. The car, I'm sure, is probably worth more than 500. So I guess the question I should ask is how long has your sister been on crack that she sold your car for $500? There you go. There you go.

[Roxy Charlamagne]

Okay. And why she didn't call me? Why she didn't call me and say, hey, hey, My hey, hey. Your daughter's trying to sell your car for 500? Why you didn't call me? You my sister.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, the daughter sold the car for 500?

[Roxy Charlamagne]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, so your daughter smoked?

[Roxy Charlamagne]

Yeah, I do it grown. She gonna crack.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She on crack.

[Roxy Charlamagne]

My daughter. My daughter is grown.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So is it cracker pills?

[Roxy Charlamagne]

Ungrateful.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Is it crack appeals? What drug. What drug is she on?

[Roxy Charlamagne]

What drug is both of them on? Because they both living together now like they live together. I had to put my daughter out like it's a mess.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, I'm sorry that you going through this. There's a lot of people calling up here with family problems for donkey of the day today. But I'm really sorry you going through what you going through.

[Roxy Charlamagne]

Yeah, I got a cake bait for him, baby. Today. Today, period.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn, I hope you can fight, cuz they gonna jump you.

[Roxy Charlamagne]

So. They might. They might try.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you for calling.

[Anthony (Caller)]

No worries there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning.

[Anthony (Caller)]

Who's this semester?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning.

[Anthony (Caller)]

We are going to be doing revolutionary that we're very.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning.

[Roxy Charlamagne]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's this? Who you want to get a biggest he haw to.

[Roxy Charlamagne]

The homegraphic club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. You said what?

[Roxy Charlamagne]

Everybody knows that they. They trying to go after the patron.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What is she talking about? Good morning. Who's this? Good morning.

[Anthony (Caller)]

My name is Anthony down in South Georgia. How y' all doing this morning?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace. Anthony, what's happening?

[Anthony (Caller)]

Nothing much. Nothing much.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who you want to get a biggest he hard too.

[Anthony (Caller)]

I want to give it to everybody on social media right now, man. About the Charlie Kirk situation.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, sir.

[Anthony (Caller)]

Make it political. But at the end of the day, a man died in front of his kids and his wife. We should be giving him a little sympathy and a little bit of grace. Everybody should think of him as a person. At the end of the day, I think they're taking everything out of context, making this about his views. At the end of the day, he was assassinated in front of hundreds of people. I think it's okay to care about what happened.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, it's okay just to shut the f up. Yeah. I think people. I think. I think people. I think folks forget that it's okay that you don't have to share your Opinion about every single thing. And, you know, I believe in energy as well. And what I will say is simply this. You know, what happens when there's somebody you love and support that, and what if that person that you love and support was considered controversial or said things that, you know, folks didn't agree with? Like, I'm never going to be okay. I'm never going to be okay with a person being killed just because they had a. A difference of opinion or a difference of belief, because that could be any body with a microphone nowadays.

[Anthony (Caller)]

Exactly, exactly. And that video, be out there for his kids to see for the rest of their lives. You know what I mean? Nobody thinks about any of this stuff.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, people don't think. All people want to do is be a part of the algorithm. A lot of this. A lot of this just has to do with engagement, to be totally honest with you. Like, a lot of people just really care about being a part of the algorithm and getting as much engagement as possible. I see people literally online asking, you know, should I be sympathetic towards this? What the hell you got to ask the Internet that for?

[Roxy Charlamagne]

Stupid.

[Anthony (Caller)]

Yeah, you should. You should go from the heart. Whatever you got in your heart, that's where it comes from. So somebody died. You can have sympathies for him, just the same as someone could die in your own family.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I told y' all yesterday, when I saw that situation, the first thing I thought about was fear. Like, literally, my God, I was. I was afraid, okay? Because I'm a black man in America, I think about getting shot every day. And I'm a media personality who's. Who's opinionated. And what if somebody don't like my opinion and they feel like, you know, they want to, you know, take me out because of my opinion? Like, yep, no.

[Anthony (Caller)]

Supposed to be America, Voice of the free. You know what I mean? The land of the free. You should be able to say whatever you want. You can have your opinion, you can be judged. But when it comes to shooting somebody for their opinion, that's where it crosses line, man. So I want to tell everybody out here, take care of yourself and keep your head on the swivel.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, thank you for calling, my brother.

[Roxy Charlamagne]

Sure.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right. We do that every Friday. It's the People's Donkey, 1-800-585-1051. You can call up and give somebody the credit they deserve for being stupid, or you can go to the Talkback app and leave a message on the Talkback app, even though nobody ever checks the Talkback app. But all right. You know, do it anyway. Donkey Today is sponsored by renowned personal injury attorney Michael the Bull Laminsoft. Don't be a donkey when you need a fighter on your side. If you're ever injured, go to michaeldebull.com. that's Michael the Bull dot com. And when you mess with the bull, you get the horns. Every day I wake up. Wake your ass up. The Breakfast Club.

[Roxy Charlamagne]

Finish or y' all done?

[Comedian (Wisecrack)]

I just normally do straight stand up, but this is a bit different.

[Wisecrack Podcast Announcer]

What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? A new podcast called Wisecrack, where a comedian finds himself at the center of a chilling true crime story.

[Comedian (Wisecrack)]

Does anyone know what show they've come to see? It's a story. It's about the scariest night of my life.

[Wisecrack Podcast Announcer]

This is Wisecrack, available now. Listen to Wisecrack on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Enya Umanzor]

Short on time, but big on true crime. On a recent episode of the podcast Hunting for Answers, I highlighted the story of 19 year old Lachey Dungey. But she never knocked on that door. She never made it inside. And that text message would be the last time anyone would ever hear from her. Listen to Hunting for Answers from the Black Effect podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, my name is Enya Umanzor.

[Drew Phillips]

And I'm Drew Phillips.

[Enya Umanzor]

And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom.

[Drew Phillips]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Drew Phillips]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Drew Phillips]

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